chilipeppermaniac
Ambassador of Decibels
I have to admit, today did not go as planned in any way shape of form. I had to shoe horn in a bunch of stuff and still keep calm enough not to get stressed and blood pressure up. Ya see, I operate best when I am not under any time line, deadline, hafta be somewhere at a predetermined time etc.
Therefore, I did the best I could tasks wise before having to be ready at my blind buddy's apartment to catch a cab ride to the 7:30 Tonic/Our Lady Peace/ Collective Soul concert.
Well, I decided not to squeeze in a 2 hour round trip to Baltimore to do 2 hours work before meeting my friend for the show. We got the cab, took a short ride and were in the parking lot by 7:30. He had won 2 free tickets and we had good seats in the middle about 3 sections ( maybe 200 feet) back.
Well, since he is blind, it does not matter if the audience stands in front of our line of sight. For Tonic everyone sat. For Our Lady, they stood and we stayed seated. Then about 10 minutes into the stage setup for Collective Soul, a guy comes in front of me and asks if we would like to go sit up in the front row. He hands me his 2 tickets and said he had to go so we could follow him to the seats. He wasn't kidding, we got to sit right in front of the Rhythm guitarist Dean Roland. No more worries about people standing in front of us and we even got padded chairs instead of hard stadium seats.
I reallllllllllllllllllllllllllllly was enjoying the whole set. Then maybe about 3 songs from the end, Dean reaches off the stage and hands me his guitar pick. This really was a trip, because I could tell he was generally pretty cautious not to drop any and was not throwing them to the crowd willy nilly. He dropped one once and had to go back to his amp to get another. Anyway, before this, I really was digging his good rhythm work. The whole band was super tight and sounded great.
Needless to say, I sure had a 10 for concert experience. SOOOO cool to finally see them. Thanks alot Dean and Collective Soul and the kind hearted stranger who gave us the great seats.
I will post pics ASAP, woo hoo.
Therefore, I did the best I could tasks wise before having to be ready at my blind buddy's apartment to catch a cab ride to the 7:30 Tonic/Our Lady Peace/ Collective Soul concert.
Well, I decided not to squeeze in a 2 hour round trip to Baltimore to do 2 hours work before meeting my friend for the show. We got the cab, took a short ride and were in the parking lot by 7:30. He had won 2 free tickets and we had good seats in the middle about 3 sections ( maybe 200 feet) back.
Well, since he is blind, it does not matter if the audience stands in front of our line of sight. For Tonic everyone sat. For Our Lady, they stood and we stayed seated. Then about 10 minutes into the stage setup for Collective Soul, a guy comes in front of me and asks if we would like to go sit up in the front row. He hands me his 2 tickets and said he had to go so we could follow him to the seats. He wasn't kidding, we got to sit right in front of the Rhythm guitarist Dean Roland. No more worries about people standing in front of us and we even got padded chairs instead of hard stadium seats.
I reallllllllllllllllllllllllllllly was enjoying the whole set. Then maybe about 3 songs from the end, Dean reaches off the stage and hands me his guitar pick. This really was a trip, because I could tell he was generally pretty cautious not to drop any and was not throwing them to the crowd willy nilly. He dropped one once and had to go back to his amp to get another. Anyway, before this, I really was digging his good rhythm work. The whole band was super tight and sounded great.
Needless to say, I sure had a 10 for concert experience. SOOOO cool to finally see them. Thanks alot Dean and Collective Soul and the kind hearted stranger who gave us the great seats.
I will post pics ASAP, woo hoo.
